August 24th Summer Share #13

A happy week here. The season is transitioning to Autumn with shorter days, we see the maple trees changing colors and wear long sleeve shirts in the mornings. Our days start a little later and end a little earlier as daylight fades. I love this time of year.

We peeked at the winter squash patch and were thrilled at what we saw. A favorite crop is just around the corner and a true sign that Autumn is near.

Winter Squash coloring up.

And pie pumpkins too.

We were glad the clouds parted briefly for Maeve to get a look at the eclipse and experience this amazing event.

Looking at the sun!

We had another huge harvest of tomatoes from the garden this week. So pleased and relieved as the crop is so much better than the last 2 years even with the cool wet Spring and cool nights now….we are grateful. More watermelons came from the patch this week too. An amazing season for us and so happy to share the bounty.

SUMMER SHARE #13

We jumped over 1000 pounds again this week. 1145 pounds rolling out of here!

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-It is fun to say yet another great bounty this week! We held off on the carrot harvest until next week with all the goodness harvested this week. Carrot bonanza next week!

Head lettuce-A new summer favorite variety. Cherokee head lettuce. Beautiful and sweet.

Cherokee head lettuce at harvest.

Kale-We have been trying to sneak this in the shares for weeks…this is the week. A favorite of mine. Fresh in salads slightly wilted, great in soups, and of course kale crisp is a treat! An assorted bunch in every share.

Kale soaking in the dunk tank.

Cherry Tomatoes-A HUGE! cherry tomato harvest this week and several new varieties ripening up. A sweet and beautiful on called sunchocola that is a pretty shade of brown.

Sunchocola Cherry tomatoes at harvest.

Slice tomatoes-Delicious and tons to choose from.

This week’s tomato harvest. Phew!

Sweet summer onions-This is the end of our sweet summer onion harvest. We will make the transition to storage onions and shallots in the next few weeks.

Last of the sweet summer onions.

Sweet Peppers-We picked an assorted bounty and a few will be in every share. The peppers are just starting to really ripen. Looking forward to the delicious Italian fry peppers….

Beautiful!

Shishito sweet peppers-We are thrilled with these little sweet peppers that taste just like thin skinned green bells.